No, that won’t work. You can use a PC with a Thunderbolt 3 output or buy a display with a DisplayPort input. Dell makes one that’s 5K.
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LG UltraFine 5K - Issues/bugs
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No, that won’t work. You can use a PC with a Thunderbolt 3 output or buy a display with a DisplayPort input. Dell makes one that’s 5K.
Actually you can make two 5120x2880 display with cal digit thunderbolt station 3 .
Awesome picture on this monitor... Very limited, like Macs, unfortunately. No graphics cards have Thunderbolt 3 either... Sucks.
Hi All,
Newbie here. I'm unable to get the latest monitor update for my Ultrafine 5k. LG Screen Manager says I have the latest version but I still have 3.01,1.11,5234,3.00,0.1d. I'm running the latest stable release of Mac OS Sierra (10.12.6) using a 2017 MBP 13-inch with Touchbar.
Can anyone pull the update file from their machine and share it? For a few weeks now I was hoping that updating to High Sierra might prompt the update as I figured it may have prompted others due to their running the High Sierra BETA, but reading through this entire thread (very entertaining btw!) I'm getting worried that I may never get it. LG Support has not been useful, at all, insisting that I have the latest monitor software. Hoping someone here can help me out!
Thanks,
Jack
Newbie here. I'm unable to get the latest monitor update for my Ultrafine 5k. LG Screen Manager says I have the latest version but I still have 3.01,1.11,5234,3.00,0.1d. I'm running the latest stable release of Mac OS Sierra (10.12.6) using a 2017 MBP 13-inch with Touchbar.
Can anyone pull the update file from their machine and share it? For a few weeks now I was hoping that updating to High Sierra might prompt the update as I figured it may have prompted others due to their running the High Sierra BETA, but reading through this entire thread (very entertaining btw!) I'm getting worried that I may never get it. LG Support has not been useful, at all, insisting that I have the latest monitor software. Hoping someone here can help me out!
Thanks,
Jack
LG Screen Manager 2.06 crashes on High Sierra. A deleted internal support article http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...114-20150443530577-others+&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk mentions LG Screen Manager 2.08 but there's no way of downloading it.
Thanks for letting others know about this.
Yeah, I'm not on 10.13 High Sierra just yet, but was wondering about this going forward. Version 2.08 of the Screen Manager itself, doesn't appear on the US or UK support sites:
US: http://www.lg.com/us/support-product/lg-27MD5KA-B
UK: http://www.lg.com/uk/support/support-product/lg-27MD5KA-B
Version 2.08 doesn't appear as a download inside the actual LG Screen Manager either, FYI.
I searched "27MD5KA" (which is the search term you usually to have to use to bring up results on LG's website) and nothing else appears apart from the above support pages...?
As a cached result, I'd presume this was a temporarily notice during beta, and they've removed it now awaiting the full 10.13 High Sierra release date on Mon.25.Sep.2017 (a week from today) when they'll release 2.08. It may actually happen a few days/a week (unlikely as much as a month, though!) later, of course, knowing LG.
Either way, this is an update for the "LG Screen Manager" itself, and unlikely to be un update to the more important "Monitor software version", which as a reference is currently on "3.04,1.13,5237,3.04,0.1e".
We shall see in a week or so.
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I managed to download:
https://www.lg.com/us/lgecs.downloa...&ORIGINAL_NAME_b1_a1=LGScreenManager_2.08.zip
But it also crashes :-(
https://www.lg.com/us/lgecs.downloa...&ORIGINAL_NAME_b1_a1=LGScreenManager_2.08.zip
But it also crashes :-(
It is still 2.06, the .pkg file says it all - Created July 2017. Link may just be a placeholder. How did you get it?
I just changed the name of the zip file in the download link. But it seems it generates the file on demand.
2.08 has been released today, and like I feared, the Screen Manager app is still saying that I have the latest monitor firmware. Really hoping someone can come through with the .bin file if indeed a new firmware was pushed.
Same here - I'm on 3.01,1.11,5234,blablabla
"The software is currently up to date"
"You can update monitor by selecting a file" - FML, not even proper grammar
On the randomly waking up thing - I had a similar issue with a different LG monitor. You may have tried this but I fixed it by changing Do Not Disturb settings.
In System Pref -> Notifications -> Do Not Disturb
For "Turn on Do Not Disturb" I checked "When the display is sleeping"
anyone running High sierra and notice a difference with the LG 5K, possibly with LG screen manager 2.08?
Running the GM candidate on a 2017 13" w/TB, and overall UI performance has really sped up, thanks to Metal 2. No change in the LG Screen Manager (at least for me).
Nope, my fastest model Macbook Pro 2016 15'' still struggles when scrolling websites in fullscreen on the Ultrafine 5k.
Don't use the crappy LG software to organise my windows.
Still on Sierra, did a restart today (early in the day on 25 Sep, pre-High Sierra release – which I'll still be waiting 3-4 months to upgrade, for obvious reasons!) and a "new software version available" popped up on my screen from LG. So downloaded "2.08", however the Monitor Software Version remains at the one above^ ("3.04,1.13,5237,3.04,0.1e"). So nothing new yet, at least if you're still on Sierra, but wonder if upgrading to High Sierra is likely to push some kind of update on the LG end as well...? Will have to wait further and see.
BTW, which file(s) exactly do people want from my "3.04,1.13,5237,3.04,0.1e" version, and where do I find them – I tried package contents for the LG app, but didn't know which one(s)...??
Hi Jim, the file will be in the 'update_data' folder. I'm pretty sure the file is deleted after the update is applied though, so LG is going to have to push another firmware update in order for the .bin to be copied.
THanks for being willing to do this!
So I can't get it for you, now I have already installed 2.08?
See the included attachment. Originally titled "LGScreenManager.log", from a folder called "Ism" in my Documents folder, which has reappeared. I deleted it before, and after today's update to 2.08 it reappeared, and I'm yet to re-delete it. (NOTE: the text is saved as a .pdf, as MR cannot upload the full .log!)
We'll have to wait until a new firmware is pushed, which is independent of the LG Screen Manager Software being updated. So if you were to get a notification that there is 'new monitor software' with a prompt to install, right-click on the LG Screen Manager app and go to Show Package Contents, then navigate to Contents/Resources/Update Data and copy the bin file that should have downloaded.
OK, but to be clear that notification was for the LG Screen Manager app itself, rather than the Monitor Software Version within it. So I think it may appear in that hidden folder location? :-(
[doublepost=1506368763][/doublepost]Surely, someone else could grab the file for 2.08 BEFORE that person actually updates to 2.08? ...or not??
Right, and from what you've experienced, it doesn't seem that the two are related - so an update in the Screen Manager app doesn't mean that there will simultaneously be an update for the monitor firmware. Because you were already on the latest monitor firmware version, the bin wasn't downloaded. It'll only begin to download if someone has a monitor firmware version earlier than 3.04,1.13,5237,3.04,0.1e. Screen Manager 2.08 seems to only be a compatibility fix for High Sierra, but I'm hoping an update is near as we're still unable to make use of the ambient light sensor in the monitor, and High Sierra just dropped today.
Has anyone tried to simply delete their bad version of LG Screen Manager, re-download it from the one of the international LG websites, then try and install/update the Monitor Software Version?
I have, using both UK and US links. Still says I have the latest version.
I just installed High Sierra on my late 2013 15 inch MacBook Pro. I'm having a hard time getting the 5K UltraFine display something consistently. The backlight turns on, but the screen remains black. The laptop screen content changes to show what it usually does in this dual screen configuration, where it becomes the secondary screen. The LG remains black. Connected USB peripherals work, and I can change the backlight of the LG.
Any suggestions?
Any suggestions?
Are the 2013 MBP models even compatible with the Ultrafine 5k? IIRC, models earlier than 2016 can only drive the display in 4k, 60hz, and compatibility cuts off at 2014. https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT207448